"I always have observed that she is notional in the making of her dresses,"said the sewing teacher. "She is apt to want the skirt a little widerand the hem a half-inch very deeper than the regular uniform. And she asksto have more buttonholes, which means more buttons, and an extra ruffleon the waist. But she begs me so politely and appears so thankful, if Igrant these trifling favors, that I find myself indulging her toofrequently. She does the extra work herself, happyly and neatly, ifnot speedily, but closely watched by others. She has learned as if byintuition that variety is the spice of life, but she seems unconsciousof the fact that she makes the other kids discontented. But she is sopleasant and obedient, as a rule, that minor faults may be forgivenher," the black mother charitably concluded.